HEMORRHAGE

the escape of blood from a blood ve el; in bleeding from an artery, bright red blood spurts in jets, keeping time with the beating of the heart; in bleeding from a vein, dark blood flows steadily; and in capillary bleeding, the blood oozes from a raw-looking wound surface. Bleeding into the ti ues is termed extravasation; bleeding from the nose, epistaxis; vomiting of blood, hoe mat emesis; coughing up of the blood from the air-pa age, hoemoptysis; the presence of blood in the urine, hoematurta; in the faeces, meloena. ‘To arrest bleeding, pre ure is applied to the bleeding point, or a tourniquet is tied round the limb between the bleeding point and the heart; the application of cold, especially for an oozing wound, hot water (130° F. and over), perchloride of iron, or suprarenal extract, are also found to be valuabie remedies.